Hostess Monday | leslierahye

Good Morning!! Happy Hostess Monday with leslierahye! You can join my creative adventure over at my new blog home on leslierahye.com. This is my 5th year designing with Digital Delights by Louby Lou. I currently am the Team 1 leader for Digital Delights. We will be sharing with you the new February Release on Thursday. I love the versatility of Wendy's stamps. They look great black & white where you can color them yourselves and they look fantastic in the precolored version. Wendy's Mitzy character is one of my new favorites. Such a cute image with a bouquet of flowers for you! I created a trifold card that has a peek-through window on the front. 

 Bouquet of Love Mitzy

Cupid Quotes Sentiment Set

The image is actually on the second panel that opens to the right. The top panel has a diecut hold with a diecut frame. The sentiment Roses are red comes from the Cupid Quotes sentiment set that has several fun images for Valentines.

You open the 2nd panel to reveal a place to write a note or stash a gift card!

I love how this card turned out and I hope you enjoy as well!

Thank you for stopping by!  I will see you again Thursday with a fantastic new release!

Meet our new Design Team

Hi all Happy weekend and a super great one to announce our new DT line up. I am super excited to share all this amazing talent in one place!! Please take a look and be sure to visit their blogs and drool over their superb work!!  

Wendy Hall - Illustrator

Hi there, my name is Wendy (otherwise known as Louby Loo in the creative world). I have been trained in Graphic Design and for a few years now have enjoyed making my own cards and different creations. I have spent most of my life creating all aspects of designs, professionally they were mostly technical. I am now enjoying being able to share with you my illustrations and hope you will all have fun with them. The most enjoyable part for me about illustrating is seeing my creations come to life through your fabulous works. So please don’t ever stop sending me them!! If there is any designs you would like to see please leave a comment with your ideas!! You can see more of my creations at Creations by Louby Loo

DIGITAL DELIGHTS BY LOUBY LOO DT TEAM ONE

 Leslie Rahye - Senior Design team coordinator Team 1

Hi, my name is Leslie-Rahye. I live in Stephenville, Texas. I have been married 18 years to my soul mate. We have two amazing free-willed beings ages 10 and 4. I've been crafting and creating since I can remember, dabbling in everything from sewing, to oil painting, to scrapbooking, to photography to beadwork to crafty crafts--and many things in between. I create because it's in my soul; it's my passion. I am thrilled to be named to Delightful Challenges Design Team and can't wait to create for you fun cards and paper crafts using Louby Loo's great digital images!

See more of Leslie's work at her blog Leslierahye

 Katie - Senior Designer

I'm English but have lived in the US for the last 12 years. I currently live in North Texas. I've been married for 15 years and have 3 children, Nathan 12, Georgia 10 and Carter 3.

I've been scrapbooking for 11 years and card making for 1 year. When I'm not paper crafting I like to decorate, cook and I also love flower arranging. I used to read a lot especially soppy romances but now I only read on vacation! I love the internet and blogging and I love the fact I can have friends for years that I've never met! 

Visit Katie at Both Sides of the Paper and see her marvelous work!!
 

 

Lisa F - Senior Designer

I've been paper crafting since 1999.  My favorite things to make are cards and scrapbooks.I love to color too! That's one of the many reasons I love Digital Delights....Wendy's stamps are so fun to color!  I have the "Best Ever" husband, 2 children, 4 grandchildren (and one on the way) and 2 cats that always hang out with me in my craft room. I also enjoy ridding my motorcycle on nice summer days with my hubby.

Visit Lisa at her blog Twelfth Hole Creations

 Chrissy - Senior Designer

Hi! My name is Chrissy and I live in beautiful Napier New Zealand..

I live on my own with my dog ‘Harry’ and work full time [plus] as a caregiver..
I have three grown children and four wonderful Grand children..2 of each.
My crafting is my relaxing pleasure at night time and sometimes[ when I’m allowed ] ..on the weekend.. as I do a lot of boy sitting.. [not allowed to call them ‘babies’ anymore..
My style is where ever it takes me at the time..I don’t usually prepare for what happens when I start a project it just.. happens..but I do love doing little animated scenes and just started shabby chic/vintage.
I use Faber Castell pencils for my colouring and add copics from time to time..
Visit Chrissy at her blog Chrissy card land

Wendy- Senior Designer

Hi my name is Wendy I live in the UK with my wonderful hubby and two very special children, who I love to bits and mean the world to mean and not forgetting our new member of the family our adorable Labrador puppy Bailey.
I have been crafting for many years now, I started card making Christmas 2006, and now well and truly addicted. I especially love to stamp and colour with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and got a bit of a thing about buttons and flowers and find it hard not to add them to all my creations LOL...
Visit Wendy at her blog Crazy4flowers Cards

 

Denise -  Senior Designer

Hi, my name is Denise, I'm married with 3 grown up children. I live in Queensland, Australia.

I've been crafting for several years now, love every moment of it.  

My favourite colour is alI shades of Purple , love using flowers, ribbon, lace & bling on my creations too.Now I'm super excited  for the opportunity to be part of Digital Delights Design Team, thank you so much.

Visit Denise at her blog Denise's Patch

Sarah - Designer 

Hello my name is Sarahjayne I live in Dumfries, I have 3 children & 3 Grandchildren & will be celebrating my Silver Wedding Anniversary this year.

I have been crafting for as long as I can remember and a  passion for many Crafting Hobbies, but paper crafting is my mail passion. I only started to enjoy Stamping & colouring last year & Digi stamping is way much more fun. No having to find inks & stamp blocks, I'm totally hooked. I love the whole card digi card making experience from starting to colour an image & then see that time has flown by & I'v not noticed to seeing the finished card, its an extremely therapeutic hobby that I would recommend to everybody. 

I hope to inspire many other Crafters. Please stop by by blog to say "Hi" I love reading & replying to everybody's  comment.

Visit Sarah at her blog Serialraftaholic 

Christine - Designer 

I have always been creative and been able to draw and paint from very young age..I have done most crafts at some stage including sewing ,knitting etc..But Drawing was my main love..I started making cards about 10 yrs ago as I could never really find what I wanted and when I started only did decoupage and paper piecing..But I have taught myself colouring both in Pen and Pencil,but Pencil is my favourite medium..I love the look when People open a card I have made them..Its worth the hours of colouring..That's why I love making cards.
Visit Christine at her blog at Just Christine's creations

 

Bettina - Designer 

Hi I am Bettina, a 40 year old  married mother of two girls aged 5 1/2and 7. I live in Stavanger, Norway. I love to craft and have been doing that seriously since 2010. I also love gardening, bake cakes,  playing the piano, dance, sing and being with my littlest girls. I love watching movies too.

I love to craft cause it is my freezone and I love to create beautiful things. I create almost everything. I do mostly cards. I love making folds, love making boxes and bags too. I got an addiction of making tags as well. I also use dylusions spray and use frantage on some projects as well. It will show on some of my blog projects. I use promarkers for my colouring. I've recently discovered graph its and love trying new stuff as well. 

Visit Bettina at her blog at Bettands Hobbykrok

 

Amy - Designer 

Hi, my name is Amy.  I am a stay at home mother to three amazing children.  My daughter will be 18 next month and my two boys are 16 and 13, they keep me full of life and very busy at times. We live in Georgetown, Texas which is right outside of Austin, TX.  After growing up in a military family it is nice to stay in one place for awhile.  I love to travel and of course craft.  I started scrapbooking 16 years ago and have been making cards for 7, I love both but right now card making is my favorite.  My style is more CAS then anything but I love trying new techniques and of course learning all styles. I'm very excited to be part of the team!!!  

Visit Amy at her blog AO creations

 

Dawn - Designer 

I am a Maryland born girl who now calls Pennsylvania home. I am the wife of a retired Navy Chief and a mom of three adult children. I love all things "paper and ink". I acquired a love for stamping and creating cards about 6 yrs ago.. I enjoy all styles and look forward to trying new techniques/challenges. I'm very excited to about being a part of the DT and look forward to my journey on the DT.

Visit Dawn at her blog Dip 'n Dots creations

 

 

Shirley - Designer 

  My name is Shirley Mastie and I am a retired elementary teacher. I live in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan with my very patient husband and our two little fur babies. I have one grown son and two beautiful granddaughters who are the inspiration for a lot of my craft projects. I have been crafty all my life, and have tried just about everything, but my greatest passion has been paper crafts. I have just recently discovered coloring and digi stamps, and have quickly become hooked. I am thrilled to be a part of the Digital Delights by Louby Loo Design Team and look forward to sharing my new passion with you all.

Visit Shirley at her blog Scrappy Sam Designs

 

DIGITAL DELIGHTS BY LOUBY LOO DT TEAM TWO

Larelyn - Senior Design team coordinator Team 2

Happy Crafting, everyone. I'm Larelyn, the senior citizen of this wonderful design team. I began papercrafting after I retired. I was a teacher, curriculum and instruction coach, and literacy consultant for 37 years. I loved every minute of it, but now I'm loving this new direction my interests have taken me. I purchased a Cricut in 2008 so that I could make albums to commemorate my daughters' collegiate sport and academic careers. I loved doing those albums, but after spending time on the messageboards, I discovered the amazing world of cardmaking. The guest bedroom quickly became a craft room and the true journey began. When I began blogging last year, I was introduced to so many wonderful designers and began exploring new techniques to add to my repertoire. I'm the type of person who wants all the tools, all the supplies, all the papers! I really just want it all. My poor, yet supportive husband thinks I'm having an affair with the UPS driver! In wanting it all, I found Copic markers and, then, digital images. I guess it all goes back to being a kindergarten teacher, I love to color.

When I first began papercrafting I joined the Cricut Card Fairies. We've sent cards to hundreds of people over the last 2 years, trying to bring joy, comfort, and encouragement into the lives of others. It's a wonderful group of crafters and I'm still very involved. I believe it gives added purpose to the joy I feel as a papercrafter.

I am so excited to be a part of Delightful Challenges. I truly believe that entering challenges and striving to become a design team member pushes you to become a more skilled crafter and helps you find your personal style. My style, although I experiment with different ideas and techniques, is quite straightforward. I love clean llines and finding the perfect papers to accentuate my design. I love adding dimension - more through layering papers than adding embellishments - but I do love ribbon and a little bling here and there.

Visit Larelyn at her blog Handmade from my heart

 

Susan - Senior Designer

Hi my name is Susan Flynn I have recently retired and live in Blackpool England with my husband.  I have two children and one gorgeous grandson.  Now that I have retired I am able to indulge my love of crafts and start to use some of the stash that I have collected whilst I was working.  Actually that was my intention but it is really difficult to use stash, much easier to buy more stash!!  I love card making and particular stamping and have just discovered the freedom that digital stamps can give plus you don’t have to wait for the postman to deliver them!!

Visit Susan at her blog Craftin Suzie

 

Joann - Senior Designer 
I have been married for 32 years and have two wonderful sons ages 28 and 26. I have loved crafting all my life and while living in Denver I owned my own boutique store called "Ragg-A-Muffins", where I hand painted furniture and various tin metal items. I also sewed and made all kinds of "Raggedy Ann's and Andy's". My new love now is card making which I found a year ago and fell in love with. joann aka sassy raggedy. 

Visit Jo at her blog Sassy Raggedy
 

 Nick -  Senior Designer

My name is Helene Siermans. I am 37 years old. I live in a little village called Askeby in Sweden with my husband and my two children. They are the main reason I scrap. I love to scrap the fun and everyday moments as my children grow and change. I also love to scrap about travel, nature, animals and everyday things (like dishwashers, yes they are the best!). I do a lot of different type of paper crafting as cards, mini albums and alter items. I got a really bad paper fetish and can´t help to buy some as soon as I see something that I like. I also got a pretty bad coffee addiction, lol. Love to sit by the computer looking through my blog list with a coffee beside me…

I have been paper crafting for about 7 years but has always enjoyed to create since I was a child. Tried a lot of different things like cross stitches, knitting, painting, doll making, sewing but paper crafting is something that got me real hooked!!! Now I can´t vision a life without it. I have made some new great friends through different design teams and challenge blogs. I am now looking forward to make some new friends here at Digital Delight.

At the moment I teach a year 2 in the Swedish Primary school. I love it!  I also like to be outside in my garden, run in the forest and read books. 

Visit Nick at her blog Nick's Scrap Shack

Shell - Senior Designer

Hi, my name is Shell (shellshearer in blogland) I am a happily married mom of two beautiful teenage daughters, a 10 year old greyhound, a 4 year old leopard gecko & a 1 year old skunk!

I started crafting 20 + years ago, I started with cross stitch. I then progressed to card making through it. Just doing decoupage to begin with. But when the phenomenon that is digi images started I was hooked & invested so much time into learning to colour. I wouldn't say I'm an expert by a long shot but I do love it, its so relaxing! I have lots of different colouring mediums & amp; love them all. I prefer cute & cuddly images to work with, but will always give anything a try.

I want to say a huge thank you to Wendy for having me back on Digital Delights DT, I just love her images & had really missed working with. I have seen so many new ones that I just can't wait to colour.

Hugs Shell xx

Visit Shell at her blog the camels hump
 

Cristena - Designer
 

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you” ~ Emerson. The first time I heard that quote I have truly believed in it! Hello! I am Cristena and I am fiercely committed and passionate about letting all who “think” they are not creative to achieve opening the creative door and unleash the knowledge that it is okay to copy or c.a.s as some call it,  it is how we all learn to create and find our own style. After years of being in the transportation industry, everything from being a flight attendant to insurance underwriter for ocean freight, and years of being behind the scenes keeping buyers safe from fraudulent merchants as a fraud investigator for Amazon.com, the thought of a night or day of crafting is relaxing and a lot cheaper than a therapy session. Jobs such as the ones I’ve had in the past make the thought of mistakes actually fun! Which a lot of crafters take to seriously! I love saying “that is just where the crafting angels are telling you to put more embellishments”, this is coming from someone that thought the first Stampin’ Up! Workshop she was invited to was a postage stamp party, and didn’t know why she was even going in the first place.

I now have 14 years of crafting experience behind me working as a demonstrator for different companies to becoming a Copic Instructor, starting my own online craft store, to being a concept artist for rubber stamping companies. But the best experience of a life time is homeschooling my 2 children, which is amazing in itself with all the stories that could be told by my great supportive husband that has been there for all 14 years of it encouraging me along! From sunny California Inky Hugs everyone!!

Visit Cristena at her blog Copictopia

 

Patricia -  Designer

I am Dominican and live in the beautiful and sunny island on the Caribbean called Dominican Republic with my son and our Boston Terrier dog named Blue.
For as long as I can remember I have been making cards and all sorts of Handmade crafts. I first started in paper-crafting by making cards and scrapbook that friends and family eventually started asking to purchase from me.
After a couple of years, I started making invitations, souvenirs, party, gifts, home decor and customized stationary that eventually became my home business!
I taught scrap booking and card making  for several years, at crafts store. What made me love Rubber Stamps even more!!  I enjoy making cards and various other customized paper projects, however card-making is my first love.
I love making handmade items and gifts for customers and always delight my customers using the latest techniques and new stuff on the market.
My small studio is on the half side of my bedroom and I'm at my happiest when surrounded by all my papers, stamps and pencils.
Apart from cards, party, gifts, stationary and customize items I also make invitations, gift tags, cupcake toppers, banners, clipboards, notepads and bookmarks, all Handcrafted and made with Love!
Visit Patricia at her blog Mis Creaciones

Helen -  Designer

Hi. My name is Helen and I'm 47 years old. I've been very happily married to Ted for 9 years now. He's my second husband as I was sadly widowed when I was 34. I have two gorgeous daughters aged 24 and 21 and a golden labrador called Lisa. I live in a village just outside of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England. I've been crafting for about 8 or 9 years, mainly making cards for family and friends. I love colouring with Copics and die cutting. I particularly like colouring cute animals. I'm a lady of leisure so I have plenty of time to indulge in my hobby. I'm really excited to be joining this fabulous team. 
Visit Helen at her blog My Crafty Creations 

 

Lori -  Designer

I have been crafting for as long as I can remember, knitting and sewing with my mum. I started making cards by accident when I was in a shop and saw a lady demonstrating card making. I bought a goody bag, took some leaflets home and the rest is history as they say. I kept going back every couple of months and learned allsorts from her. I had to leave work a couple of years ago and got back to making cards again. I dabbled in scrap booking, jewellery making, knitting but always came back to card making. Then I found the internet and the crafty world online and I am hooked!! 
Visit Lori at her blog Lori Thomas
 

Sheena-  Designer

My name is Sheena and I have been with my partner John for 17 years. We also have a 15 year old daughter Breanna who is not only growing up to fast but is my whole world. The other member of our family is a crazy Jack Russell Terror named Smudge. 

As long as I can remember I have always been arty, at school I was always getting top marks but instead of going on to college I entered the workforce instead. When my full time job turned part time I needed something to fill the gap in my days and that is where crafting came in, that was well over over 8 years ago now. I started off with card kits but found them too limiting, I then moved onto CDs and stamping. I then discovered the unlimited possibilities of digital stamps and here we are. I'm very passionate about what I do and I hope that shows in my work. If you would like to see more of my work please head over to my blog at Cards by Sheena

Katie -  Designer

Hello, my name Katie and I am Katie Sr. from the blog 2CraftyKaties.  I am married to my best friend and we have two amazing kids and two adorable furbabies.  I have been crafting for many years, starting with rubber stamping, moving to scrapbooking, then on to 3D paper crafts and now coloring.  I am super excited to be a part of Digital Delights. 

Visit Katie at her blog 2 Crafty Katies

 Tutorial Designer

 Christine - Tutorial Tuesday Designer
 Visit Christine at her blog Sweet Pea cards


Delightful Wednesday Designers

Sandy - Delightful Wednesday Designer

Hi, my name is Sandy Palmer.

We have four beautiful children, 5 grandchildren, and one on the way to make it 6. I have been making cards for almost three years now. I had a friend from church introduce me to paper crafting and I have been hooked ever since. I am so excited to be on Delightful Challenges DT, and can’t wait to create my first project!

Hugs, Sandy.

See more of Sandy's work at her blog

A little piece of heaven

Jane - Delightful Wedneday Designer

Hi everyone, my name is Jane and I live in the beautiful county of Oxfordshire in the UK.  I have been crafting for as long as I can remember and it is my haven and my therapy!  I work full-time as a Civil Servant at a military establishment not very creative I know but it allows me to fund my crafty habit so I won’t moan!!  I started my blog in June 2013 so that’s a whole year I’ve been alive in blogland!! It really has been a wonderful experience and has opened my heart and mind to a whole new world of creativity I never knew existed!  The kindness and generosity of crafters has blown me away. You are all such a fabulous inspirational bunch!

Visit Jane at her blog Paper, Pens and Pretty things

 

Bargain Friday

Hi all Welcome to another Bargain Friday   I made a slip up with the weeks and only made a 4 week set! This has now been moved to our value sets! To make up for my error and for all you coloring enthusiasts out there we have our very first Mandala!!! and it's a FREEBIE!!   Our last bargain of the month and as always here is our suggestion on how to group them together to make this fun scene   Get them both here

 

 

 

   

As always available in color or Black and white options

We would love to see your "Build a card" creation.

Send your completed creation to loubyloocreations@sbcglobal.net

If you missed the January set it is now available as a VALUE set here (you can still also get them in single stamps too!)   Love you a latte set

in black and white and color options

See our specials here 

 

 

Join our challenge here

    Have a fun day and thanks for stopping by!  

Delightful Thursday

Hi Delightful Fans,
Hooray, our Delightful Monthly Challenges are back for the New Year.  The design team has posted their challenge projects over on the Challenge Blog.  You can click on the Challenge tab or HERE to see their delightful projects and then join in the fun.
New to the 2016 Challenges:  You will have THREE weeks to add your project to the post.  The winner, Top 3 and Guest Designer will be posted 5 minutes before each new challenge which are posted on the 4th Thursday every month.
Remember, the challenges are always ANYTHING GOES using a stamped image (digital or rubber).
What are you waiting for?  Head over to the Challenge Blog and take a look.

Delightful Wednesday ~ Blues

Hi Delightful Friends,
It's Larelyn posting for Jane's Wednesday partner, Sandy.  Like Christine, Sandy is without internet (hmmm, that seems to be a problem haunting our designers!) but she did create a fabulous card for the final January theme, BLUES.

Sandy used Slippy and Snowman for her card along with several different die cuts and punches.  Don't you love the pearls?  They add that special touch that Sandy always brings to her projects. The images has been colored with Copic markers. Thanks for stopping by Delightful Wednesday.   I can't wait to see Sandy and Jane's theme for February.  And, you'll also meet our new designers beginning with February 4th's Delightful Thursday post - good things coming in February!

Valentine box tutorial

Hi guys, Afraid Christine is without internet this week, so here is a revisit to a tutorial I did quite some time ago... We are going to show you today how to make this super cute hanging valentine box!!    

Supplies needed:

Heart box svg file from Digital Delights

Valentine toppers from Digital Delights

Forever yours sentiment from Digital Delights

Ribbon

Hole punch

Fabric flowers

glue or atg gun

 

 

Cut out the heart box using the SVG file (if you do not have an electronic cutter, the file also comes with a printable pdf for you to hand cut!)

Make score marks (refer to pdf sheet to see where to put them!)

Fold score marks

Add glue to fold

Put box together

Add holes on each side of box and then take your ribbon and thread through each side. Secure on inside with glue or tape.

Print out Lara topper from our Valentine set and cut out. Also cut out the Forever Yours sentiments, attach sentiment to center front of box and then place Lara with her hands just overlapping the top of the sentiment.

Punch a hole at each side of the sentiment and thread the wire from the fabric flowers through the hole. Again secure the wire inside of the box.

Fill box with treats and send to your loved one, or hang it on their door to find!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed this tutorial.